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Thursday, June 17, 2004
Space Station Field Day 2004 Operation Possible [ARRL Amateur Radio News]
comments < 7:13:40 PM 
>The History of Programming Languages [Slashdot] comments < 7:11:54 PM
>Book Review: Moon-Mars Commission Report [Slashdot] comments < 7:11:42 PM
>The Technology Behind Formula One [Slashdot] comments < 7:11:27 PM
>Three months after telling us that the earth is getting greener, the United Nations has changed its mind, I guess, and nows says the earth is turning into deserts. Green? Desert? Hot? Cold? Ice Melting? Ice Thickening? Wait around a few weeks and there is sure to be a new report giving you the answer you want! [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:10:52 PM
>Productivity improvements driving IT. Long ago I noted that information technology work was labor intensive, not very productive, and error prone. Now, new business methods and automated tools are pushing dramatic improvements in IT worker productivity. IT hiring will range from flat to down (meaning reductions in staff), as fewer people are able to accomplish so much more. "Even if labor rates jump more quickly in low-cost countries, it argued, the gap in real wages could increase because of the countries' very low base wages.". In English, that means that India, China and other countries have a comparative advantage over the U.S. of poverty. Poverty means a low cost work environment. The Boston Consulting Group says that 30% to 40% of all non-manufacturing jobs in the U.S. could move offshore. Their report says moving R&D offshore (those "higher level jobs" that are supposed to remain in the U.S.) makes more sense than anything else. Microsoft internal contracts confirm that is has outsourced "software architect" positions, blowing another hole in the widespread statement that firms are [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:10:06 PM
>Mozilla 1.7 Released [Slashdot] comments < 7:08:52 PM
>Moon Rocket Scrubbed and Blown Dry [Slashdot] comments < 7:08:28 PM
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